I met Tamara ZumMallen years ago when she was starting her extensive
training in Acupuncture. She is one of those people you immediately feel
comforted, centered and relaxed around. She’s blond, angelic, sweet, super
lovely and soulful. It’s also immediately apparent that she’s packing a whole
lot of knowledge in her noggin and a whole lotta' soul in her heart. She just reeks of it.
Recently, I went to see her in a total panic. I had picked up
the filthy, vulgar, DISGUSTING habit of smoking cigarettes, once again. I’ve been an
on-n-off smoker for years, mostly always off and if on, it’s only for a little
jag of a week or two. But this time, I just wasn’t stopping. I mean, I
couldn’t. I was on week nine of my now not so secret habit, which in my mind,
meant things were reaching tragic proportions.
I went to Tamara begging for help. She told me not to worry.
She would take care of the cravings and the withdrawal. There would be no magic
cure, I still had to do the work,
but acupuncture could certainly ease some of the nicotine withdrawal tension that was already starting to feel just going without a ciggy for a few hours. So I did a treatment. And guess what? She was right. It did. I went that day without smoking, no prob. Ok fine, I still dabbled for a few more days… But after two weeks of regular treatments, the symptoms of feeling like total crap without the nicotine started to subside and by week three I was done with the smokes altogether. Finito.
But that was only the most amazing part. Some other crap: I’ve also been
feeling like I can’t breathe lately because of whatever the heck is going on in
the annoyingly clogging Los Angeles air. I have never in my life had allergies and this was pretty
strange for me. I thought it was a cold that just lasted forever but lo and behold it was bad air quality
getting me down. Well, she cleared up my nagging sinuses in one friggen treatment. Gone.
Breathing perfectly again. Wowza. That was pretty damn magical come to think of it. Oh, and if I’m feeling puffy, from say too much salty Trader Joe's low-fat Pita Chips (heaven on earth) she will do a ‘drain’
or a ‘damp drain’ I think it’s called, and it’s the best diuretic in town. Peeing like a thunderstorm and de-puffed by the end of the day. Yay!
Basically, Tamara works the body as a whole, holistically so to speak, and takes the
entire ‘story’ into account. Lying there with the needles and the warming lamp
on me is the most heavenly 15 minutes (or is it 20? Or 30? I have no idea as I
always fall into the world’s deepest sleep) ever… I have seen four of say, the top ten acupuncturists in Los Angeles and I would absolutely add Tamara to that list. She is that good.
You can read even more about Tamara here!
http://www.LAacupuncture.net
Healing Hands Wellness Center
414 N. Larchmont Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90004
323.461.7876